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Millions of devices have been left to go into ‘dumb’ mode, where they stop automatically transmitting readings

Government says lessons need to be learned after the substation fire that caused chaos for 300,000 passengers

Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather

For every £1 spent on renewable energy projects, only 25p was invested in connecting them to grid, report finds

Ofgem gives green light to five interconnectors capable of powering millions of homes

Great Britain prepares to use giant offshore windfarms to become net exporter of green electricity

Another 4 billion down the drain. Still it’s only money, eh!

A scheme transporting Scotland’s green power to England is likely to be controversial despite lengthy consultations

Regulator for Great Britain also appoints Elexon to lead local flexibility markets

Putting green political ambitions before any other practical consideration has made us poorer, and is going to create a problem far worse than climate change. 

Fears of overcharging on bill grows after jump from 2.7m machines is blamed on reporting errors from energy providers

Regulator aims to reduce backlog as some wind and solar schemes wait up to 15 years to get hooked up

Government’s choice of energy regulator boss criticised as ‘putting the fox in charge of the hen house’

Jonathan Brearley says a more rigorous framework is needed to support households

Watchdog’s chief writes to energy bosses as Grid sets out plan to cut waits by up to a decade